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Long term marriage. Is this normal?

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sobothered · 03/07/2020 21:25

I’ve been married for a very long time. We have kids at home. Is it normal for it to become tedious? Boring? I don’t actually mind mundane really. What I do mind though is the way my DH talks to me. It’s with a slight irritated tone 80% of the time. So I’ll ask him a question or we will be chatting and he often answers me the way I used to answer my parents when I was a stroppy teen. That kind of eye roll “yesssssss” little sigh....it’s not all the time and sometimes he has an indulgent tone, like “ahhh she needs extra help with this life problem”. I’m finding it really irritating. Nobody else talks to me like that. When I’ve said “can you not be rude” then he gets really offended. So I’m guessing it’s not intentional. It’s kicked in over the last year really (unless I’ve only just started to notice!) can anybody shed some light on this? It’s like he can’t talk to me properly. It’s really starting to get me down. I’m a really positive upbeat person and I can’t stand and don’t deserve being snapped at even if it’s not angry/snapping just slightly irritated snapping. Does anybody else have this?

OP posts:
Anothernick · 04/07/2020 09:35

@ peppers yellow

No, I would never accuse my DW of being rude. I might ask if she was upset for some reason if she seemed a bit short with me.

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